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'''Maria J. Wawer ''', {{MD}}, a professor at the [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]],<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/736/maria-j-wawer |archived= |title= Maria J.Wawer, MD |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |website= |date= |accessdate=2022-01-02 |format= |quote=}}</ref> is a [[Bias|biased ]] pro-circumcision researcher <ref>{{REFweb | last=NCBI, PubMed | first= | yeardate= | title=Maria Wawer circumcision | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Maria%20Wawer%20circumcision | accessdate=2011-04-24}}</ref> looking for justifications to roll-out mass [[circumcision ]] programs around the world. Wawer is married to another biased pro-circumcision researcher [[Ronald Gray]].<ref name="cutting">{{REFjournal | last=Willyard | first=Cassandra | coauthorsinit=C | pubyeardate=2007 | title=Cutting the Risk | journal=Johns Hopkins Magazine | volume= | issue= | pages= | url=http://www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0907web/cutting.html | accessdate=2011-04-24}}</ref> Her ''research'' has been funded by [[Johns Hopkins]] and the [[Bill and & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref name="cutting"/> In the waiting room at their clinic, a music video promoting circumcision plays continuously.<ref>{{REFweb | last=JohnsHopkinsSPH | first= | yeardate=2010-10-01 | title=Rakai Project | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=8m37s | accessdate=2011-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=Rakai Health Sciences Program funded the production of an MC promotion song which was done by Stephen Mugamba and Jemima Sanyu. This was done under the supervision of one Uganda's best audio producers; Henry Kiwuuwa of Grayce Records. | last= | first= | publisher=smugamba | yeardate=2010-06-06 | urltitletitle=Rakai male circumcision video by Stephen Mugamba feat Jemima Sanyu | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q | accessdate=2011-04-24

| Title=When Wawer found out she could push circumcision | Text=You almost feel like crying. |Author=M. Wawer |Source=JohnsHopkinsSPH |ref=<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelc#t=01m29s |last=Wawer |first=Maria J. |init=MJ |publisher=Wawer, JohnsHopkinsSPH |date=2009-05-29 |title=Impact}}</ref> |Comment=When she found a reason to push mass circumcision. How could she find joy in that?}}

<small>{{Citation |Title= |Text=Once circumcision programs become more widespread, more available, it's very likely that [[HIV]] positive men will also seek the procedure. Partly (because) you don't want to be the only guy on the block who hasn'NOTE:''' ''When she found a reason to push mass circumcisiont been [[circumcised]]. How could she find joy in that?''</small> | Author=M. Wawer | Source=JohnsHopkinsSPH| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation=MedPageToday | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelcMCRh1Q69Ry4#t=01m29s M. 01m15s |title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission |last=Wawer, JohnsHopkinsSPH |first=Maria J. (2009, May 29). ''Impact.''] |init=MJ |date=2008-02-08}}</ref> |Comment=This is the goal? To make men feel uncomfortable?

| Title= | Text=Once circumcision programs become more widespread, more available, it's very likely that We found a benefit to the ([[HIV ]]) positive men will also seek the procedureof becoming circumcised. |Author=M. Wawer |Source=MedPageToday |ref=<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube. Partly (because) you doncom/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=03m22s |title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't want to be the only guy on the block who hasnBlock Transmission |last=Wawer |first=Maria J. |init=MJ |date=2008-02-08}}</ref> |Comment=They are already [[HIV]] positive. You't been circumcisedd think this was a joke.}}

<small>'''NOTE:''' ''This is {{Citation |Title= |Text=Where you don’t have complete [[keratinization]] of the remaining [[mucosa]], then that could in effect increase the transmission of (the goal? To make men feel uncomfortable?''</small>) virus. | Author=M. Wawer | Source=MedPageToday| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=01m15s 04m41s M. Wawer, MedPageToday. (2008, February 08). ''|title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission |last=Wawer |first=Maria J.''] |init=MJ |date=2008-02-08}}</ref> |Comment=While pro-circ [[HIV]] "researchers" are claiming keratinization is a fact, pushers such as [[Brian J. Morris]] and [[Jake H. Waskett]] claim there is no keratinization. The keratinization reduces sensation.

| Title= | Text=We found are providing [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| male circumcision]] as a benefit service now to negative men, but also to the (HIV) positive men of becoming circumcised. <small>Again, because we don'''NOTE:''' ''They are already HIV positive. You'd think this was a joket want them to become stigmatized if they refuse the service.''</small> | Author=M. Wawer | Source=MedPageToday| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=03m22s 05m20s M. Wawer, MedPageToday. (2008, February 08). ''|title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission |last=Wawer |first=Maria J.''] |init=MJ |date=2008-02-08}}</ref> |Comment=i.e., she promotes the cutting of anyone for any reason. No logic required.

| Title= | Text=Where you don’t have complete keratinization of the remaining mucosaIt’s amazing, then that could in effect increase the transmission cultures do change once people see there's a real advantage of a certain action (the) virus. <small>'''NOTE:''' ''While pro-circ HIV "researchers" are claiming keratinization is a fact, pushers such as [[Brian J. Morris]] and [[Jake H. Waskettcircumcision]] claim there is no keratinization. The keratinization reduces sensation) on their part.''</small> | Author=M. Wawer | Source=MedPageToday| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation=JohnsHopkinsSPH | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry41mXFdXJaG8k#t=04m41s 08m41s |last=Wawer M|first=Maria J. |init=MJ |publisher=Wawer, MedPageToday. (2008, February 08). ''CROI: Circumcising HIVJohnsHopkinsSPH |date=2010-12-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission.'']01 |title=Rakai project}}</ref> |Comment=You heard that right. She want's to make circumcision part of the culture. i.e., the norm.

| Title=Male Circumcision does NOT protect women | Text=We are providing male circumcision as a service now to negative men, but also to positive men. Again, because we donhaven't want them seen a benefit to become stigmatized if they refuse women for the serviceprocedure. <small>'''NOTE:''' ''i.e., she promotes the cutting of anyone for any reason. No logic required.''</small> | Author=M. Wawer | Source=MedPageToday| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=05m20s 06m23s M|last=Wawer |first=Maria J. Wawer, |init=MJ |publisher=MedPageToday. ( |date=2008, February -02-08). '' |title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission.'']}}</ref> |Comment=In fact, she found that male circumcision increases risk of [[HIV]] transmission in women.

| Title=Male Circumcision DOES protect women | Text=It’s amazingYou asked yourself the question, cultures do change once people see there's a real advantage If it reduces the risk of a certain action acquisition it presumably reduces the risk of transmission to female partners." (circumcisionMaria nods in agreement) on their part. <small>'''NOTE:''' ''You heard that right. She want's to make circumcision part of the culture. i.e., the norm.''</small> | Author=M. WawerInterviewer | Source=JohnsHopkinsSPH| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation=MedPageToday | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8kMCRh1Q69Ry4#t=08m41s 00m50s |publisher=MedPageToday |date=2008-02-08 M. Wawer, JohnsHopkinsSPH. (2010, December 01). |title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn''Rakai project.'']t Block Transmission}}</ref> |Comment=Ignoring her own findings when they don't support male circumcision.

| Title=Male Circumcision does NOT protect women | Text=We havenDisappointingly, when we looked at the women partners of the (HIV) positive men, who't seen a benefit ve been circumcised, compared to women for the procedure. <small>'''NOTE:''' ''In factpartners who had not been circumcised, she we actually found that male circumcision increases risk a slightly higher rate of HIV transmission in womenfrom the positive circumcised men than from positive [[uncircumcised]] men.''</small> | Author=M. Wawer | Source=MedPageToday| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=06m23s 03m40s |last=Wawer M|first=Maria J. Wawer, |init=MJ |publisher=MedPageToday. ( |date=2008, February -02-08). '' |title=CROI: Circumcising HIV-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission.'']}}</ref> |Comment=Interestingly, Maria has said on numerous occasions that circumcision will reduce the rate of transmission to female partners, even though her research doesn't support this. Here she contradicts herself, yet again.

{{Citation| Title=Male Circumcision DOES protect women| Text=You asked yourself the questionFrench scientist [[Michel Garenne]], 'If it reduces Ph.D. has published two reports in 2022 comparing the risk incidence of acquisition it presumably reduces the risk of transmission to female partnersHIV infection in [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men." (Maria nods in agreement)

In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:<smallblockquote>'''NOTE:''' ''Ignoring her own findings when they don't support In couple studies, the effect of circumcision and VMMC on HIV was not significant, with similar transmission from female to male and male circumcisionto female. The study questions the amount of effort and money spent on VMMC in Lesotho.''</smallref name="garenne2022A">{{REFjournal | Authorlast=InterviewerGarenne | Sourcefirst=MedPageTodayMichel | langinit=M | beforeauthor-link=Michel Garenne | aftertitle=Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho | Transcriptionurl=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35373731/ | Translationdate=2022-04-04 | refjournal=J Biosoc Sci |volume=online ahead of print |pages=1-16 |DOI=<ref>[http://www10.youtube.com1017/watch?vS0021932022000153 |pubmedID=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t35373731 |accessdate=00m50s Interviewer, MedPageToday. (2008, February 08). ''CROI: Circumcising HIV2022-11-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission.'']07}}</ref>}}</blockquote>

In his second report, Garenne (2022) presented information from six Sub-Saharan African nations (Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe). He reported:<blockquote> "Results matched earlier observations made in South Africa that [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men had similar levels of HIV infection."<ref name="garenne2022B">{{CitationREFjournal |last=Garenne | Titlefirst=Male Circumcision does NOT protect womenMichael |init=M |author-link= |etal=no | Texttitle=Disappointingly, when we looked at the women partners Age-incidence and prevalence of the (HIV) positive among intact and circumcised men, who've been circumcised, compared to the partners who had not been circumcised, we actually found a slightly higher rate : an analysis of PHIA surveys in Southern Africa |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Biosoc Sci |location= |date=2022-10-26 |season= |volume= |issue= |article= |page= |pages=1-13 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/abs/ageincidence-and-prevalence-of transmission from the positive -hiv-among-intact-and-circumcised -men than from positive uncircumcised men-an-analysis-of-phia-surveys-in-southern-africa/CAA7E7BD5A9844F41C6B7CC3573B9E50 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=36286328 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1017/S0021932022000414 |accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref></blockquote>{{SEEALSO}}* [[Circumcision and HIV]]

<small>'''NOTE{{LINKS}}* {{REFweb |url=https:''' ''Interestingly, Maria has said on numerous occasions that circumcision will reduce the rate of transmission to female partners, even though her research doesn't support this//www. Here she contradicts herself, yet againdoctorsopposingcircumcision.''<org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/small> | Authortitle=M. WawerHIV/AIDS | Sourcepublisher=MedPageToday[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] | langdate=2020 | beforeaccessdate=| after=| Transcription=| Translation=| ref=<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRh1Q69Ry4#t=03m40s M. Wawer, MedPageToday. (2008, February 08). ''CROI: Circumcising HIV2020-07-Pos Men Doesn't Block Transmission.'']</ref>16

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